Poison-guard



(No Model.)

H. B. WEAVER. POISON GUARD.

Patented Sept. 3, 1889'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIENRY B. \VEAVER, OF BURLINGTON, NE JERSEY.

POISON-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 410,390, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed December 11, 1888. Serial No. 293,285. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. \VEAVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Burlington, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PoisonGuards, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a device attachable to acork or stopper for directing attention'to the poisonous contents of the bottle in which said stopper is inserted.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a poison-guard embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a plan view thereof of the guard in primary condition, Figs. 5 and 6 being modifications thereof. Fig. 4. represents a section of a form of a guard for attachment to a glass or other hard stopper.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates what is known as a poison-guard, consisting of a number of teeth or prongs B and spurs O.

The operation is as follows: The guard, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is placed upon the top of a cork or stopper, and the spurs are driven into the same, whereby the guard is secured to the stopper, it being seen that the prongs B project from said stopper. The prongs B and spurs O are cut or punched out of a piece of metal or other suitable material, as shown in Fig. 3, said spurs then being turned at a right angle to the prongs, so as to be in condition to penetrate the stopper, the latter in this case being made of cork or wood, into which said spurs may be forced or driven, the spurs are cut out of the body of the guard, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 3, in some cases.

hen the stopper is made of glass or other hard substance, the guard is secured to a piece D of paper or other suitable material by means of the spurs which are clinched thereto, the back of said piece being coated with gum or other suitable adhesive material E, so that the guard may be attached to the stopper by moistening the adhesive material thereof, and pressing the device on the stopper, or the piece maybe gummed or pasted as needed.

It will be seen that in either case when the bottle is taken hold of and the hand applied to the stopper, the teeth or prongs D come in contact with the hand, so that the points of the same prick or stick the hand sufficiently to direct attention to the poisonous or dangerous contents of the bottle.

I am aware that it is not new to apply guards to the stoppers of bottles. said guards having prongs, whereby the hand may be pricked so as to warn the person of the contents of the bottle, and such, broadly, I do not claim; but I am not aware that the specilio device herein described and claimed is old.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A poison-guard for a bottle, havinghorizontal prongs extending beyond the stopper of the bottle, and depending spurs adapted to engage with the stopper to keep the said guard in place, substantially as described.

2. A poison-guard for abot-tle, consisting of a plate having prongs and spurs, and the piece D, of suitable flexible material, adapted to be clinched by said spurs, and having an adhesive coating on its under face, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY B. WEAVER.

Witnesses:

F. J. HARRIS, HowAnnFLANDERs. 

